Didi Chuxing, which absorbed Uber’s China operations last year, lately has taken a page from Uber’s early management playbook. Just as Uber hired a number of Goldman Sachs bankers in its early days to work in operations, Didi has lately installed veterans of Western investment banks in key positions—including several Goldman veterans, insiders say.

Most prominent of these is Stephen Zhu, who was elevated earlier this year to oversee international expansion, marketing and public relations. Mr. Zhu is one of three company executives, along with the CEO and president, sitting on the board of directors.

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The Innovation Center is linked to another group, the Smart Transportation Group, which is collaborating with some 20 cities on improving urban traffic management systems. It’s led by Zhang Wensong, Didi’s senior engineer, who had been the chief technology officer of Alibaba’s cloud computing. He recently hired Henry (Xianghong) Liu, a Michigan University professor, as chief scientist. Didi’s exploration of the potential for self-driving vehicles is putting more emphasis on Didi’s internal map-making team, which has over 100 employees and is led by Zhang Xian, a former assistant general manager from social network and gaming giant Tencent. The maps could form the basis for any self-driving vehicle that Didi might be developing.

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Below are 46 of the top employees at the ride-hailing company. They span operations, the biggest group, and two organizations that are gaining importance within the company—growth and autonomous vehicle research.Last updated October 30, 2017